Convertible chair.



B. T. MARSH. CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

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926,992. Patented July 6, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

EDWIN T. MARSH, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

CONVERTIBLE CHAIR.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN T. MARSH, a citizen of the United States,residing at 1 Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Chairs;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and 1 use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in convertible chairs.

The object of the invention is to provide a 1 chair having means wherebythe same may be quickly converted into a bed or couch.

A further object is to provide a chair of this character in which isarranged a compartment for holding the bedding to be used when the chairis converted into a bed or couch, and having means for holding thebedding in position when the chair is arranged in the form of a bed orcouch.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features 1 of construction, combination and arrangement of partsas will be described and vparticularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chairconstructed in accordance with the invention, showing the parts arrangedfor use as a chair or seat; Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectionalview of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line 33 ofFig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the chair arranged in the form of a bedor couch; Fig. 5 is a central longitudinal sectional view of the same;Fig. 6 is a vertical cross sectional view on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the chair whichhas the general structure or form of a Morris chair, and consists of aseat portion, 2, having sides, 3, arms, 4, and supporting legs, 5. Theseat portion is fixedly connected to the inner sides of the upperportion of the legs, 5, and has a seat provided with suitable springs,and may be upholstered in any preferred manner.

Below the seat portion and connected to the inner sides of the legs, 5,adjacent to their lower ends is a supporting frame, 6, on which rests afoot section or extension, 7, said foot section comprising a framehaving suitable springs and is preferably upholstered to cor respondwith the seat portion 2. Hinged to Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 23, 1908.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 464,010.

, the outer end of the foot section are supporting legs, 8, said legsbeing adapted to be folded upwardly into engagement with the under sideof the foot section preferably to lie between the side bars of theframe. On the opposite end of the frame adjacent to each corner aresecured apertured connecting plates, 9, which are adapted to be engagedwith suitable pins or hooks, 10, arranged on the front cross bar of theseat portion, whereby the inner end of the foot section is supported andheld in operative engagement with the seat. When the foot section isthus engaged with the seat, the outercnd of said section is supported bymeans of the legs, 8, which are opened out to an operative position.Slidably mounted in the opposite sides of the foot section, 7, areholding plates, 12, which are provided on their outer edge with upwardlyprojecting flanges, 13, and are held in sliding engagement with thesides of the foot section by means of pins, 14, which engage slots, 15,formed in the plates as shown. The plates 12 when drawn out serve aslateral extensions for the foot section, while the flanges 13 on saidplate serve to prevent the bedding from slipping laterally off the sidesof the foot section.

Loosely arranged below the seat 2 and the foot section 7 when the latteris in an inoperative position on the frame 6 is a tray or receptacle 16adapted to receive the bedding employed in connection with the chairwhen the latter is arranged as a bed or couch. The tray 16 may bereadily withdrawn from and replaced in the frame, beneath the footsection and provides a convenient storing place for the bedding when thelatter is not in use. The front and back of the seat portion of thechair are suitably inclosed so that when the foot extension and the trayare in a folded or inoperative position, they will be hidden from view.

Hingedly connected in any suitable manner to the upper portion of therear supporting legs or other convenient part of the seat portion of thechair is a back section 17, said section comprising a frame 18 on whichis arranged a suitable spring and which is provided with upholstering tocorrespond with the upholstering of the seat and foot sections of thechair. The back section is sup orted in an operative position as a chairack by means of the usual or any suitable supporting mechanism, the samebeing here shown as a pawl 19 pivotally connected at its upper end toone side of the back frame and the minor details of construction may andadapted to be engaged at its lower end with the teeth of a rack 20,secured to the rear side of one of the supporting legs of the chair.

When the chair is arranged in the form of a bed the back section, 17, islet down sub stantially on a level with the seat portion and said backsection is supported at its outer end by legs, 21, which are hingedlyconnected to the rear side of the back section and are adapted to foldinwardly on the back section in an out-oftheway position when the backsection is arranged for use as a chair back. Arranged on the outer orupper side of the back section, adjacent to the opposite edges thereof,are holding strips, 22, which are preferably of an ornamental structure,anc designed to prevent the bedding from slipping laterally off thisportion of the chair when the same is arranged in the form of a bed orcouch.

A chair constructed as herein shown and described may be quicklyconverted from a chair to a bed, or vice versa, and when arranged as achair will form a comfortable seat, with all indications of a bedstructure entirely hidden.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion be resorted to without departingfrom the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the inventionas defined in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by LettersPatent, is:

In a convertible chair, a seat section, a foldable foot section adaptedto be engaged with said seat section to support the inner end of thefoot section in operative position, foldable legs connected to said footsection to support the latter in an operative position, extension platesslidably mounted in the opposite sides of said foot section, flangesarranged on said extension plates to hold the bedding in place on saidsection, a back section hingedlyconnected to the seat section andadapted to be folded down to form a portion of the bed or couch,foldable supporting legs connected to said back section to support thelatter in an operative position, and holding strips arranged on theopposite edges of the back section to prevent the bedding from slippinglaterally therefrom.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDWIN T. MARSH,

Witnesses:

ESTHER E. MARSH, Lnwrs E. ROWE.

